The Farman B.2 was a 1920s French biplane designed as a light day bomber. Only one was built.^[1]

Development

Farman Aviation Works designed and built in 1924 what was a bulky unequal span two-bay biplane for use as a day bomber.^[1] The pilot had a cockpit forward of the wing leading edge, the observer/gunner had a cockpit in a cut-out in the wing trailing edge.^[1] The B.2 was tested with different combinations of engines and radiators and it required modification to the fin and rudder for problems with directional stability.^[1] Despite all these modifications the aircraft did not meet the required performance and was not ordered into production.^[1]

Specifications

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (pilot, observer/gunner)
• Length: 10.70 m (35 ft 1.25 in)
• Wingspan: 17.0 m (55 ft 9.25 in)
• Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 9.5 in)
• Wing area: 63 m² (678.15 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,360 kg (2,998 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,460 kg (5,423 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine-Dietrich 12-cylinder Vee piston engine , 276 kW (370 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)

Armament

• 3 × 0.303in (7.7mm) machine gun
• 300kg (661lb) of bombs